pinto help .......

[stu]

prob not the right place to post but need advice the story so far on my way to cfs i broke down its a early non unleaded friendly pinto. she was getting hot. preshure up top cold at bottom hose, took out thermostate on hard shoulder fuzzed it bush, no diffrant, got recoverd home. ... by new water pump & thermo fit etc happy daze ( water pump not broken tho) wont get hot for love or money, drop water replace with antifrezee mix go to use it on a run after 45mins gets hot, presure top & bottom spits out water thro cap over flow etc but then back to normal presure in matter of mins. go for a hour drive no probs tell my self its a air lock, use car today 45 min drive same again, spits water i top up off i go get it home does it again 10mins from house presure spits etc 5 mins no presure off i go ( dont top up water tho ) get home let it idle for bout a hour didnt sniff past half way on the temp gage, head gasket? to much water? help please yeah i know i carnt spell lol

[rusty82]

i had a problem like that on the tincorner...it was doing my head in...after 2 months of p!ssing around trying to find the problem my bro found a tiny pin prick hole in the heater rad...when the car got over half way on the gauge it started leaking and the carpet soaked up the water, but there was never enough water to really soak the carpet and where it was getting wet was right under the dash......but it was enough to mess about with the cooling of the car and stress me right out.

[DanMk2]

I had that happen with my crossflow and it ended up being the headgaske after thinking it was a air lock